You’re hosting a dance/Italian plumber enthusiasts party at your United Kingdom-based flat and need entertainment — we totally get it. And so does Nintendo, apparently, as the game maker is bringing three new bundles to the UK starting on November 8th with the release of a New Super Mario Bros. …
BlackBerry co-founder Mike Lazaridis is weighing an acquisition bid for the struggling smartphone company, increasing his controlling stake in the Canadian firm with a new share purchase. Lazaridis now controls around 8-percent of BlackBerry as a result of the deal, but is considering going even further and buying it outright, according to a new SEC […]
The fact of the matter is, if you don’t teach your kids about the dangers of using Comic Sans when they’re young, they’re just going to pick it up on the street. Whether it’s a flyer for a garage sale, or a bulletin board at their preschool, the world is a minefield of terrible typography, and you need to address the issue with your young’ns before it becomes a problem.
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Facebook is completely removing the "who can search for me" option, for those who were still using it (if you didn’t have it checked, it already disappeared). Facebook says the setting is outdated now that Graph Search is live, and that everything’s now controlled via your Privacy settings
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Half-Life’s crowbar — the very first weapon and tool found by scientist Gordon Freeman after an accident tears the Black Mesa laboratory apart — is almost as iconic as the protagonist himself. From start to finish, it never stops being useful, and no Freeman cosplay would be complete without that unassuming piece of iron.
In the game, Freeman finds the crowbar laying on the ground, a chance acquisition. But one fan, director Joe Miale, asks the question: Where did the crowbar come from? How did it find its way into the hands of Gordon Freeman?
His short film, “Half-Life: Raise the Bar,” charts the crowbar’s journey from before the accident that shook the facility, all the way down to the loading bay. Sure, Miale takes a little bit of poetic license with the source material, but when a fan film is this good, all you want to do is sit back, relax, and enjoy.
It seems timely: rumors have recently been revived of a Half-Life 3, thanks to a screenshot reportedly showing Valve’s internal tracking software, listing, among other things, a project titled “Half-Life 3.” Mind you, we’ve been burned … [Read more]
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Facebook has announced today that it is now finishing up the removal of an old search setting. The removal of this setting, “Who can look up your Timeline by name,” was actually announced in December last year. This setting was removed for users who weren’t using it, those who are still using it, will begin to see reminders about the fact that Facebook is going to remove the setting in the coming weeks. Facebook says that whether or not users are making use of this, the best way to control privacy is to just choose who can see the individual things they share.
Facebook Wrapping Up Removal Of An Old Search Setting original content from Ubergizmo. 
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As things often go with such products, the Unu tablet/game console/home entertainment center combo is a bit delayed. The Android device, which was originally scheduled to ship this summer, is now set to hit select retailers and online stores beginning next month. We spent some time with the device …
It’s surprisingly easy for us to become so enraptured with our own comfortable microcosm that we completely lose sight of how absolutely minuscule our little corner of the net actually is. This map by the Information Geographies project at the Oxford Internet Institute should put things back into perspective.
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Today, Toshiba has announced its new Q Series Pro PC internal solid state drive or SSD. It increases PC storage performance as SSDs generally consume less power than conventional hard drives, not to mention the fact that read/write times are much faster. This particular SSD by Toshiba is also a good fit for Ultrabooks, given the fact that it is just 7mm thick and has what Toshiba calls a lightweight design.
Customers with laptops that have traditional full-height 9.5mm drive ways need not worry as a mounting spacer is included with the SSD. The Toshiba Q Series Pro PC internal solid state drive also comes with a downloadable, and free, migration tool which lets users easily transfer data from their existing tool to Toshiba’s new SSD. A three year limited warranty is provided for all units, which are available in 128GB, 256GB and 512GB flavors. They’ll cost $159.99, $309.99, and $739.99 respectively. Toshiba’s new SSD will be available from select retailers as well as toshiba.com later this month.
Toshiba Q Series Pro PC Internal Solid State Drive Announced original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Aereo has scored another win against the traditional cable companies, avoiding a preliminary injunction Hearst had been chasing after the judge deemed the initial evidence wasn’t strong enough to justify it. “Hearst has not demonstrated a sufficient likelihood of success on the merits nor the requisite irreparable harm and therefore it is not entitled to […]
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